All Weekly Science Readings & templates are uploaded as a zip file to the content section of iLearn for Science. Print the article(s) that you read and include in your Science 3-Ring Binder or have easy access to the electronic file during class. Week 2 - Engineering Design Select one of the following articles that focus on Engineering Design:
(Graphic Organizer – Responding to Nonfiction/Informational Texts) 1. Cost or Quality: Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs. by: By Şenay Purzer, Daphne Duncan-Wiles, and Johannes Strobel; January 2013 2. Family Style Engineering: Learning alongside students creates a win–win situation for all By Lara K. Smetana, Joan Chadde Schumaker, Wendy Severin Goldfien, and Cheryl Nelson; Dec. 2012 3. Shedding Light on Engineering Design: Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge, and both are illuminated. By Brenda M. Capobianco, Chell Nyquist, and Nancy Tyrie; January 2013 Week 3 - Inquiry and the Nature of Science (NOS)
Demystifying Nature of Science; September 2014 (Graphic Organizer – Picture Note Making)
Week 4 - Planning a 5E or 6E Lesson Fire up the Inquiry by Kimberly Lott, March 2011 (Graphic Organizer - Photo Finish) What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 2 – A Framework for Explanation Driven Science (Graphic Organizer - Two-ColumnCornell Notes Template) Depth and Complexity Tool Descriptions (Print this!) Week 5 – Talk Moves & Scientific Arguments What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 3 – Planning for Explanation Driven Science - (Graphic Organizer - Non-Fiction Reading Response Choice Board) Week 6 – Assessment A is For Assessment by Shannon McNair, September 2004 (Graphic Organizer - My Top Ten List) Week 7 – Supporting Scientific Talk and Writing What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 4 Supporting Scientific Talk and Writing (Graphic Organizer – Let’s Analyze It!) Week 10 - Scientific Skills and Dispositions Select one of the following: 1. Beyond Predictions, by Dennis Smithenry & Jenny Kim, October 2010 2. Inference or Observation? by Kevin Finson, October 2010 3. Personalized Inquiry, by Patricia Simpson, December 2010 (Graphic Organizer -Write About) Week 11 – Integrating Scientific Explanation What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 5 – Integrating Scientific Explanation into Classroom Instruction - (Graphic Organizer: Depth and Complexity Choice Board)
Week 12 – Designing Assessment Tasks What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 6 – Designing Assessment Tasks and Rubrics (Graphic Organizer - What’s the Point?)
Week 13 - Fostering a Community What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 7 – Fostering a Community of Young Scientists over Time – Graphic Organizer – Identify and Classify Week 14 - Science for Diverse Learners Select one of the following articles to read: 1. Girls in Science Rule! by Jan Moore, April 2003 2. Science Centers For All, by Leslie Irwin, Christine Nucci, & Carol, Beckett, February 2003 3. Teaching Science to English-as Second-Language-Learners, by Gayle Buck, November/December 2000 4. Responding to the Need for Intervention; December 2012 (Graphic Organizer - Headline News Summary) Week 15 - Extensions within and Beyond the Classroom Select one of the following articles to read: 1. Outdoor Integration, by Shawna Tatarchuk & Charles Eick, February 2011 2. Journey into the Five Senses, by Susan McWilliams, February 2003 3. Science Alive!, by Kay Tally-Foos, January 2005 4. The Built Environment, by Gregory Benedis-Grab, February 2010 5. The Farmer in the Lab, by Jeanine Huss and Cheryl Baker, February 2010 (Graphic Organizer - Quick Write/Quick Draw)
Print the article(s) that you read and include in your Science 3-Ring Binder or have easy access to the electronic file during class.
Week 2 - Engineering Design
Select one of the following articles that focus on Engineering Design:
(Graphic Organizer – Responding to Nonfiction/Informational Texts)
1. Cost or Quality: Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs. by: By Şenay Purzer, Daphne Duncan-Wiles, and Johannes Strobel; January 2013
2. Family Style Engineering: Learning alongside students creates a win–win situation for all By Lara K. Smetana, Joan Chadde Schumaker, Wendy Severin Goldfien, and Cheryl Nelson; Dec. 2012
3. Shedding Light on Engineering Design: Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge, and both are illuminated. By Brenda M. Capobianco, Chell Nyquist, and Nancy Tyrie; January 2013
Week 3 - Inquiry and the Nature of Science (NOS)
Week 4 - Planning a 5E or 6E Lesson
Fire up the Inquiry by Kimberly Lott, March 2011 (Graphic Organizer - Photo Finish)
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 2 – A Framework for Explanation Driven Science (Graphic Organizer - Two-Column Cornell Notes Template)
Depth and Complexity Tool Descriptions (Print this!)
Week 5 – Talk Moves & Scientific Arguments
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 3 – Planning for Explanation Driven Science -
(Graphic Organizer - Non-Fiction Reading Response Choice Board)
Week 6 – Assessment
A is For Assessment by Shannon McNair, September 2004 (Graphic Organizer - My Top Ten List)
Week 7 – Supporting Scientific Talk and Writing
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 4 Supporting Scientific Talk and Writing (Graphic Organizer – Let’s Analyze It!)
Week 10 - Scientific Skills and Dispositions
Select one of the following:
1. Beyond Predictions, by Dennis Smithenry & Jenny Kim, October 2010
2. Inference or Observation? by Kevin Finson, October 2010
3. Personalized Inquiry, by Patricia Simpson, December 2010
(Graphic Organizer -Write About)
Week 11 – Integrating Scientific Explanation
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 5 – Integrating Scientific Explanation into Classroom Instruction - (Graphic Organizer: Depth and Complexity Choice Board)
Week 12 – Designing Assessment Tasks
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 6 – Designing Assessment Tasks and Rubrics (Graphic Organizer - What’s the Point?)
Week 13 - Fostering a Community
What’s Your Evidence? Chapter 7 – Fostering a Community of Young Scientists over Time – Graphic Organizer – Identify and Classify
Week 14 - Science for Diverse Learners
Select one of the following articles to read:
1. Girls in Science Rule! by Jan Moore, April 2003
2. Science Centers For All, by Leslie Irwin, Christine Nucci, & Carol, Beckett, February 2003
3. Teaching Science to English-as Second-Language-Learners, by Gayle Buck, November/December 2000
4. Responding to the Need for Intervention; December 2012
(Graphic Organizer - Headline News Summary)
Week 15 - Extensions within and Beyond the Classroom
Select one of the following articles to read:
1. Outdoor Integration, by Shawna Tatarchuk & Charles Eick, February 2011
2. Journey into the Five Senses, by Susan McWilliams, February 2003
3. Science Alive!, by Kay Tally-Foos, January 2005
4. The Built Environment, by Gregory Benedis-Grab, February 2010
5. The Farmer in the Lab, by Jeanine Huss and Cheryl Baker, February 2010
(Graphic Organizer - Quick Write/Quick Draw)